A topped-out, AMG, F1 car racing a Red Arrow is better than coffee

Clichés can still be awesome.

Prior to the British Grand Prix a few weeks back, Lewis Hamilton and David Coulthard spent some time with the British Royal Air Force Red Arrows. Lewis went up with them, they did their best to make the F1 driver throw up and take a bunch of photos.

Luckily, press operations also love a good, old-fashioned cliché, and what's more expected than a car-versus-plane drag race?

Skip to 0:20 to get the most out of your morning, and enjoy the rare occasion to hear a Formula 1 car run out of gears on a runway.

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Topping out an F1 car for no good reason as a plane flies by? Better than coffee.